[Public-list] boat on ebay

[John Birch]

Spot on Mike Lehman, my thinking exactly - additionally, the Wianno (sp?) 
Association does that exactly - preserves and restores old unloved boats and 
brings in new members at the same time who buy the fruits of their labour 
thus preserving the class association and providing money for the next 
restoration project. They charter their boats for a period to let people who 
might be interested in an acquisition to do so without making the larger 
capital commitment until they are sure that is the class of boat for them. 
The people usually end up buying in. It has done wonders for their 
association.

Does not a growing and active Association support the market price rather 
than detract form it?

Oh, Michael Grosh, with respect, do you not think combining the 
words/concept of elitism and Alberg in the same phrase to be a slight 
oxymoron. In the world of "yachts," the Alberg is a bit proletarian when 
compared to Hinckley's and such - the Bentley's of Boating. Elitism would 
not be my respectful association with the name Alberg - this is a practical 
boat for practical people - Wm F Buckley need not apply ; )

Only good things,

JB


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Lehman" <sail_505 at hotmail.com>
To: <public-list at alberg30.org>
Sent: Tuesday, November 01, 2005 9:02 AM
Subject: Re: [Public-list] boat on ebay


> Michael,
>
> My thought is if we refurbish these derelict boats, they will sell for the 
> true value of an A30 and that helps maintain the value of ALL of the 
> boats.
>
>
>
> Mike Lehman
> ~~~_/)_/)~~_/)~~~
>
>
>
>
> ----Original Message Follows----
> From: <dickdurk at atlanticbb.net>
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> To: Alberg 30 Public List -- open to all <public-list at alberg30.org>
> Subject: Re: [Public-list] boat on ebay
> Date: Tue, 01 Nov 2005 07:31:41 -0500
>
>
>>I tried to talk up the idea with the Great Lakes >Association a couple of 
>>years ago - to create a syndicate >to get a fixer upper but, alas, there 
>>didn't seem to be a >ground swell of support for the idea.
>
>
> Doesn't that sort of go against my interests as an owner? I mean, if there 
> is a movement to keep unwanted, rummage sale value, beater boats in the 
> market stream, then the value of every boat is reduced. Law of supply and 
> demand, and all that.
>
> Speaking for myself, my attachment for Checkmate goes way beyond 
> consideration of resale value, but perhaps it is an issue that everyone at 
> least needs to be aware of.
>
> It looks to me, the two sides of the issue are 1. (or perhaps yin) keep as 
> many Albergs around as possible to have a pool of boats for one design 
> racing status or 2. (yang) let natural market forces reduce the number of 
> boats to owners who can appreciate a beautiful, versatile design and 
> maintain the boat as such.
>
> I admit it, I'm inclined to elitism :)
> Michael Grosh
> #220
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